| A | B |
|---|
| nonaggression pact | Stalin signed this with Hitler in in 1939. In it, among other things, was an agreement not to attack each other. |
| blitzkrieg | lightning fast war |
| Charles de Gaulle | French General who set up a government in exile committed to reconquering France |
| Winston Churchill | new British Prime Minister |
| Battle of Britain | important victory for the Allied forces, for they learned that Hitler could be blockedq |
| Atlantic Charter | Joint declaration between FDR and Churchill that upheld free trade among nations and the right of the poeple to choose their own government |
| Pearl Harbor | Surprise attack launched on American soil. Led to immediate declaration of war against Japan |
| Battle of Midway | this battle turned the tide of war in the Pacific against the Japanese |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific |
| Battle of Guadalcanal | victory here helped turn the tide of the war towards an Allied victory |
| ghettos | segregated Jewish areas in Germany |
| Final Solution | Hitler's plan of genocide |
| genocide | systematic elimination of a specific group of people |
| Erwin Romel | German General who won an important battle in Tobruk in Africa |
| Dwight D. Eishenhower | he led the US forces that landed in Morocco and Algeria |
| Battle of Stalingrad | Stalin ordered the defense of this city at all costs |
| D-Day | Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France was called this |
| Battle of the Bulge | German tanks broke through Allied lines during this battle however, the Allies eventually pushed the Germans into a retreat |
| Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots |
| Nuremberg Trials | place where Nazi war criminals were tried |
| demilitarization | disbanding the Japanese armed forces by MacArthur |
